Rajchowa Góra Nature Reserve

The Rajchowa Góra nature reserve lies in the Boronów municipality, in Lubliniec County. It is a phytocoenotic reserve covering 8.2 hectares, established in 1959 and under strict protection. It is one of four reserves of the Forests on the Upper Liswarta Landscape Park.

What the reserve protects

In the western part of the reserve grows a fresh mixed coniferous forest. Because of the forestry carried on in this area, Scots pine dominates, with an admixture of sessile and pedunculate oak and beech. Originally sessile oak predominated. The second habitat is a fresh mixed forest, in which the most common tree is common beech (40 per cent), followed by pine (30 per cent), pedunculate oak (20 per cent) and spruce (10 per cent). The source notes that because of considerable degradation of this habitat it was not assigned to any forest association.

The animals mentioned in the description of the reserve are the green woodpecker and the common buzzard, which nests in the area.

Origin of the name

According to local legends the name comes from the surname Reich, borne by a hermit who lived in this area.

Nearby

About five kilometres from the reserve lies Pająk Reservoir, and about eight kilometres further the Góra Grojec nature reserve.

Practical information

• Location: Boronów municipality, Lubliniec County.
• The reserve is under strict protection, so check the rules of entry and movement in the area with the Complex of Landscape Parks of the Silesian Voivodeship (zpk.com.pl) before setting out.